The purpose of this study is to collect and analyze Technical High School Teachers' opinions to find out solutions to reduce safety accidents since it is important for teachers to recognize the importance of safety. We surveyed 150 teachers from technical high schools located in Incheon and divided them into three categories and asked their opinions about prevention of safety accidents in laboratories. We also studied their experiences constructing educational environment and making instructional materials for safety eduction to improve safety awareness. Also, we studied whether school safety awareness increases through safety related activities.

이 연구는 ‘미시문화기술적 연구 방법’을 활용하여 대학원 교과교육학 과목 ‘한 문교육원론(漢文敎育原論)’ 수업을 비평한 것이다. 본격적 수업 비평에 앞서, ‘수 업→관찰→기술(記述)→해석’이라는 ‘수업 비평 모형’을 구안(具案)하였다. 해석의 결과인 이론은 다시 수업으로 환류(還流)되고, 수업의 주체인 교수자와 해석의 주체인 연구자는 상호 작용한다는 점을 강조하였다. 필자와 연구 참여자들의 비평 활동을 몇 가지 양상 예컨대, 수업 프로그램 비평, 비평적 안목(眼目)의 양상, 교실 수업에로의 연계와 환류(還流), 그리고 변화와 성찰(省察)의 국면(局面)으로 범주화하고, 각각의 특성을 고찰하였다. 대학원 ‘한 문교육원론’ 수업 비평은, 현장의 한문 교사들이 한문교육학의 학문적 성격과 특 성을 알 수 있는 계기가 되며, 사범대학 및 교육대학원 한문교육학 관련 수업의 방향 제시에 도움이 된다는 점에서 일정한 의의(意義)가 있다. 한편으로, 이 연구 에 참여했던, 필자와 한문 교사들은, ‘한문교육학 연구자로서의 교사와 교수’라는 역할을 수행할 것을 다지는 전회(轉回)의 계기가 되었다.

This study aims to investigate the current status regarding the utilization of native English teachers in elementary schools focusing on its benefits and problems and to explore better ways of utilizing them for elementary English education. The participants of this study were 1024 elementary school students, 80 Korean elementary English teachers, and 56 native teachers of English. The data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. Through the analysis of data the followings were revealed: 1) the native teachers of English considered that their working conditions including wages and the amount of teaching time were appropriate, but the pre-training program was not satisfactory; 2) the Korean English teachers felt that their workload related to native teachers of English was too heavy; 3) the students perceived that studying English with native teachers of English had positive effects on their English abilities in terms of cognitive and affective aspects; 4) in most schools team teaching between native teachers of English and Korean teachers were being performed and both teachers were satisfied with it; 5) however, several issues such as the role relationship between the Korean English teachers and the native teachers of English, the quality of pre-training, and reconstruction of teaching materials should be resolved in order to improve English program of utilizing native English-speaking teachers in elementary schools.

This study explores an exemplary case of an English immersion program originally initiated by some primary school teachers. It investigates how an immersion education was initiated by the members of an English teachers" study group and later supported by a provincial office of education. The contents of the program and the three examples of immersion classes are briefly illustrated and commented. The innovative endeavors for the successful execution of the immersion classes include the use of the daily morning English practice and various ways of exposing students to English. It was found from the interview conducted with 5 immersion teachers that the strong motivation of the immersion teachers was the first empowering factor for this program and the appropriate financial and administrative help from the provincial office of education was another crucial one. Several practical problems from implementing the immersion program are also reported. From these results and findings some suggestions are made for better ways for implementing immersion programs in elementary schools.

Recently the National University of Education has been known to train excellent elementary school teachers. Results of this effort were still recognized by our society and schools. But they also demanded more stronger functions and role on pre-service tea

In the dearth of pre-service and in-service teacher education in gifted education, particularly in foreign language education, teachers have difficulty in learning theory and principle. This study describes the secondary teachers" perception of gifted education in foreign language after they participated in a teacher training program. The research questions are: 1) How did the teachers perceive gifted education?; and 2) Did the teacher training program influence the teachers" perception of gifted education? If so, in what ways did it influence the teachers? The data include surveys of the 21 teachers, their class assignments and observations. This qualitative case study indicates despite the teachers" initial negative perception of gifted education, the program helped them see it in a renewed perspective. Briefly, through the program, the teachers familiarized themselves with the basic theory and principle in gifted education. More importantly, they gained hands-on experience by discussing various issues in gifted education and creating class materials. The study concludes with pedagogical implications.

교육활동에서 교사는 핵심적인 역할을 수행하고 있으며, 교육활동에 대한 교사들의 인식과 지향은 교육의 실천적인 맥락에서 핵심적인 요소로 작동한다. 따라서 과학교사의 지구계 수업에 대한 인식과 지향을 분석하는 것은, 지구계 교육의 목표가 현실에서 어떠한 모습으로 구현될지 가늠할 수 있게끔 한다. 이러한 생각을 바탕으로 이 연구에서는 두 명의 과학교사가 작성한 교수 학습계획안과 심층면담을 통하여 이들이 지구계 교육에 대한 인식을 알아보고, 교사의 지향을 수업에 대한 일반적 관점과 통합의 관점에서 분석하였다. 연구 결과 지구계 교육의 궁극적 겨냥점인 '전지구적 과학소양'에 대한 교사의 충분한 이해가 선행될 때 그 취지가 충분히 반영된 지구계 수업이 실천될 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 교사가 전 지구적 과학 소양을 함양하기 위해서는 네트워크 통합을 포함한 다양한 통합의 상(像)이 교사에게 구체적으로 제시될 것이 요구되었다. 아울러 현장에서 지구계 수업을 활성화하기 위해서는 지구계 교육 커리큘럼 구성에 대한 제도적인 뒷받침이 필요한 것으로 보인다.

In education, a teacher was the most important educational environment than any other and that teacher's values and beliefs became a part of education process, which could affect greatly on the children. Therefore, each teacher's perception on the subject

The purpose of this study was examined the difference of learning behavior between learners taught by the educational practice teacher and learners taught by the experienced teacher as well as the teaching behavior of both the educational practice teacher

There is little research on the users of dictionaries in Korea. The user research, however, is essential to developing better dictionaries. Hence, this study aims to explore the actual conditions regarding Korean English teachers’ general use of English dictionaries. English teachers were chosen as the subjects because they instruct the use of dictionaries to other users, especially students, as well as use dictionary themselves. Thirty teachers from elementary, middle and high schools respectively (total 90) participated in this research. The research was conducted using questionnaires that consisted of two main parts: The first part was designed to analyze the teachers’ use of dictionaries and the second part aimed to investigate the teachers’ instruction on the use of dictionaries. The data were coded and factors were examined by means of quantitative analysis. It was found that English teachers in Korea used Korean-English and English-English dictionaries which are well structured and easy to use with full contents in order to prepare teaching materials and develop handouts other than text books. In addition, most of teachers said that students must be taught how to use dictionaries in the first grade of junior high school.

This paper is concerned with the ongoing influence of in-service teacher education upon teachers’ instructional behavior and attitudes. Thus the purpose of this study is to trace attitudinal and instructional changes after in-service teacher training and thereby identify either favorable or unfavorable factors affecting such changes in classroom settings. First, a survey was conducted to see which teacher training programs teachers preferred, uncover any changes in instructional behavior and attitudes as well as factors related to said changes, and gather suggestions for prospective teacher training programs. For additional data, four teachers’ reflective journals and interviews were analyzed. The results of the study were as follows: 1) teachers believed that a teacher’s techniques rather than their English proficiency have the most direct influence upon effective English instruction; 2) changes in both behavior and attitudes are observed for only a short period right after in-service teacher education; and 3) a major factor impeding change is the discrepancy between the English language curriculum and actual classroom instruction, which is largely due to the washback effect of the requirements of the Scholastic Aptitude Test required for college admission.

본 연구에서는 사범대학의 현행 지구과학 교사 양성 교육 과정을 크게 교직 이론, 교육 실습, 교과 교육학, 교과 내용학으로 나누어 분석하여 그 개선 방안을 탐색해 보았다. 교직이론의 경우는 교육학 이론 학습에 치중하고 있어 실제성이 떨어지며, 교과 교육학 선수 학습 교과로서 이수 시기에 문제가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 그러므로 과목간 연계성 유지를 위해 교직 이론을 교과 교육학 이전에 이수하도록 하며, 되도록이면 현장성이 강한 교직 이론 과목을 이수하도록 권장하여야 할 것이다. 교육 실습의 경우는 교육실습 기간이 외국에 비해 짧으며, 신규 교사를 위한 별도의 업무 외 연수과정이 없고 인턴제도나 직무 연수 프로그램이 미흡한 현재의 교사 양성 교육과정 체제에서는 교육 실습이 이런 역할을 대신할 수밖에 없을 것으로 판단된다. 그러므로 학교 시스템의 전반적인 흐름을 이해하기 위해서 교육 실습 기간을 최소3∼6개월 이상으로 늘려야 할 필요가 있다. 교과 교육학의 경우는 우선 교과 내용학에 비해 할당된 과목의 비율이 매우 낮았다. 그러므로 교과 교육학 과목의 양적인 증가가 우선되어야 할 것이며, 지구과학 교과 교육 전공 교수의 확보가 필요하다. 교과 내용학의 경우, 다루는 내용이 중등학교 교육 과정과 동떨어진 면이 있으며 대학별로 개설 강좌의 영역별비율에서 상당한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이런 문제를 해소하기 위해서는 교과 교육학 강좌와 교과 내용학 강좌를 연계시켜 개설하고, 각 영역별 기본 이수 학점을 적정 비율로 할당하는 방법을 고려해 보아야 할 것이다.

Since the introduction of teaching English as a regular subject into primary schools in 1997, it has been said that the discrepancy between students who are receiving private instruction at learning institutions and private tutoring and those who are not receiving private English instruction is steadily increasing. The purpose of this study was to investigate what impact private English instruction had on English achievement and attitudes of fifth- and sixth-grade students in primary schools. For this purpose, an English achievement test was developed based on the 7th National Curriculum and administered, along with two attitude questionnaires: One questionnaire was administered to 696 fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students, and the other questionnaire given to 12 primary school teachers of the students. The results showed that students started learning English at the average age 7.9-years-old and about 80% of the students were receiving a variety of private English instruction. In line with expectations, tutored students outperformed non-tutored students on the English achievement test. In addition most of the teachers, as well as students, thought it helpful to learn English through private English instruction. One implication from the results suggests that to ensure quality English language teaching at public schools, the government should put forth efforts to nurture qualified English teachers through intensive teacher training.

Teachers who are responsible for children's education are very important to help the school age children to have right nutrition knowledge, they are confronted with difficulties to teach due to the lack of nutrition knowledge as well as materials that can be easily understood by children. The purpose of this study was to look into the basic knowledge of elementary school teachers on nutrition. The elementary school teachers investigated didn't get good marks in nutritional knowledge, food and cooking method knowledge and sanitary knowledge, as the collective averages in those areas were respectively 56.08±14.80, 60.52±10.95, and 45.25±16.13. Sixty seven percent of respondents the largest group, acquired nutritional information through mass media, but they wanted to be given teaching information in the form of educational materials(49.0%). More than 70 percent believed that nutrition should be educated by nutrition teachers (p〈0.01), and as for what should be handled in nutrition education, they thought that students should be educated to build the right eating habits (59.5%). Based on the results, a sequential nutrition education program for the lower grades of school children was developed. This program consisted of five different categories, and according to the results, that was designed to deal with the knowledge of teachers on nutrition, food, cooking method and hygiene, table manners and food-borne illness.

The purpose of this study aims to examine the difference between secondary P.E. teachers' official stress by their backgrounds under current unexpected educational circumstances and the efficiency of educational activities, to look into the concerned infl

English is now commonly called an international or a global language. Korea starts to face some changes in terms of the situational and functional status of English from EFL to ESL. A bilingual education approach called 'immersion education' to teach English is urgently needed to be taken in Korea, especially in the primary school level. The present paper aims to investigate perceptions of primary school teachers about the introduction of English immersion education program. A total of 171 primary school teachers were surveyed employing a questionnaire asking about their knowledge, opinions and attitudes with regard to the introduction of English immersion education in primary schools in Korea. It was found that there are lots of things to take into consideration introducing the English immersion education system in the areas of preor in-service teacher training system, governmental assistance, and other practical issues of deciding starting grade and the subjects for immersion, for example. Some suggestions are provided for a practical guide for the introduction of English immersion education.